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growing the economy, not the government. and the house republican budget reflects just those priorities. it's a budget that does something else too. it actually balances. it actually balances. that's important for a number of reasons, not the least of which it would help unleash economic growth and bring down our country's massive, massive debt load. interest payments on the national debt alone are set to exceed everything we spend on defense. interest on the national debt is going to exceed everything we spend on defense in just a few years time. so the path we're on is clearly not sustainable. with that in mind i hope democrats will offer some, something serious today rather than what i hear may be the case. i hope they face up to the fact that they already got the revenue they're going to get. they already got the revenue they're going to get. so they can startle doing with the real issues that are leading us to fiscal ruin. i hope they will finally stop trying to shield the washington establishment from every attempt to
growing the economy, not the government. and the house republican budget reflects just those priorities. it's a budget that does something else too. it actually balances. it actually balances. that's important for a number of reasons, not the least of which it would help unleash economic growth and bring down our country's massive, massive debt load. interest payments on the national debt alone are set to exceed everything we spend on defense. interest on the national debt is going to exceed...
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this budget grows government, not the private economy. this budget taxes too much and spends too much. this budget doesn't balance today, tomorrow, or ever. this budget keeps us at the edge of a fiscal crisis with no flexibility to respond to future emergencies. that being the case, this budget should be soundly rejected by anyone who cares about our nation's future and about prosperity and opportunity for america's middle class. now, madam president, i'd like to take a few minutes to talk about the temporary assistance for needy families or tan f program. authority for tanf expired in 2010. since that time the program limped along on short-term extensions. president obama never submitted a tanf reorganization to congress for consideration. senate democrats who have been in the majority since 2007 have never proposed a reauthorization of tanf. instead of submitting a reauthorization proposal that can be considered in regular order on a bipartisan basis, the obama administration instead unilaterally granted themselves the authority to waiv
this budget grows government, not the private economy. this budget taxes too much and spends too much. this budget doesn't balance today, tomorrow, or ever. this budget keeps us at the edge of a fiscal crisis with no flexibility to respond to future emergencies. that being the case, this budget should be soundly rejected by anyone who cares about our nation's future and about prosperity and opportunity for america's middle class. now, madam president, i'd like to take a few minutes to talk...
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your knowledge of the potential state and nonstate ability to disrupt the economy in the united states, not strategic command, but atm machines, et cetera. have you done a calculation of the cost of the economy if someone decided to can direct not an intermittent attack on the banking system, but a concentrated attack? >> senator, the attack on our bank is here now with the significant. it would have significant impacts. people can't get to their money. the impact is huge and you've seen it discussed the idea. what i'm concerned about is the service attack could accomplish that. he could make it difficult for people to do online and came, online trading and others. there's the cost of losing that. if you think about amazon, one hour of amazon cost $7 million in profit. there's also a cost that complicates legislation in each of our critical infrastructure portions of our industry have different levels of cyberreadiness review of. so the bank's internet service providers are generally pretty good. the power company is not so good and so the cost for fixing them is significant. they are
your knowledge of the potential state and nonstate ability to disrupt the economy in the united states, not strategic command, but atm machines, et cetera. have you done a calculation of the cost of the economy if someone decided to can direct not an intermittent attack on the banking system, but a concentrated attack? >> senator, the attack on our bank is here now with the significant. it would have significant impacts. people can't get to their money. the impact is huge and you've seen...
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, dragging down the economy. so, madam president, i come to the floor today to support the amendment by senator cruz because the american people know what they were looking for in health care reform, which was, of course, the care they need from a doctor they choose, at lower cost. and that was not at all provided urn the president's health care law -- under the president's health care law. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: madam president, i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the calling of the quorum. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reed: thank you, madam president. madam president, i rise to speak today in opposition to the cruz amendment which would prohibit any funding in the continuing resolution from being used to carry out the goals of the affordable care act. the broad scope of this amendment clearly indicates
, dragging down the economy. so, madam president, i come to the floor today to support the amendment by senator cruz because the american people know what they were looking for in health care reform, which was, of course, the care they need from a doctor they choose, at lower cost. and that was not at all provided urn the president's health care law -- under the president's health care law. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer:...
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of the global economy. it is invested, if you will, in narcotics, human smuggling, cybercrime being the largest of all these areas, as well as the other things we have talked about. arms and cash etc. >> i know you have mentioned cybercrime. we don't have time to get into in detail. but i view that as the next pearl harbor risk. >> yes. >> do you share that concern? >> senator, yes, i would. former secretary leon panetta spoke about it in this term. a tremendous opportunity in the network. also vulnerabilities that exist. you know, they could have catastrophic consequences. >> one further question about this. the criminal cartels. one of the things that scared me about your testimony is the idea of one of our state enemies, if you will. perhaps i shouldn't use that term. people who don't wish us well. working with the criminal cartel, that, to me, means that the work you are doing, general kelly, and the southern command is not only a drug issue or criminal issue, but a very serious national security issue.
of the global economy. it is invested, if you will, in narcotics, human smuggling, cybercrime being the largest of all these areas, as well as the other things we have talked about. arms and cash etc. >> i know you have mentioned cybercrime. we don't have time to get into in detail. but i view that as the next pearl harbor risk. >> yes. >> do you share that concern? >> senator, yes, i would. former secretary leon panetta spoke about it in this term. a tremendous...
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in the global economy and the u.s. economy. the security of our allies whether in the middle east or further afield, you know, frankly, on every continue innocent depend in many ways -- continent depend in many ways on energy prices, food prices and so fort. so i think our independence of supply will be excellent, but it really won't diminish the interests we have in the middle east. i, frankly, don't hear a lot of concern about that when i go to the region. i hear much more about it here, frankly. >> very good. well, thank you, dennis, david, and mike. thank you for your presentations, and thank you all for joining us today. and, please, look out on your, um, on your e-mails for, again, the release of this strategic transition paper, obama ii in the middle east by dennis and jim jeffrey and for what i'm sure will be the written analysis of the president's trip that my colleagues will be producing, um, and will be transmitting to you probably as he's flying home. so thank you all very much for joining us today. bye-bye. [applau
in the global economy and the u.s. economy. the security of our allies whether in the middle east or further afield, you know, frankly, on every continue innocent depend in many ways -- continent depend in many ways on energy prices, food prices and so fort. so i think our independence of supply will be excellent, but it really won't diminish the interests we have in the middle east. i, frankly, don't hear a lot of concern about that when i go to the region. i hear much more about it here,...
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the economy is pick up, no questions about it. as that happens, bill, the tax revenues are going to increase a little bit so we maybe bailed out a little bit here, right, melissa by an improving economy. >> it's true if we don't do something to thwart it and knock it off the rails as it's trying to get better. if we don't ruin our own future. bill: it's much more morey more resilient. martha: pope francis break w-g tradition after celebrating mass. look at him om was out there shaking hands and touching people and getting out there, lots of face time and everybody was so excited because tears were streaming down their faces. he's expected to celebrate his inaugural mass in front of tense of house of worshippers in st. peters square tonight. we have not seen anything like this since pope john paul ii. no doubt it's giving his security folks many part attacks as he thrusts into the crowd there. they are also going to do the goss bell in greek rants latin, so breaking some language barriers down there as well. bill: i saw him look at
the economy is pick up, no questions about it. as that happens, bill, the tax revenues are going to increase a little bit so we maybe bailed out a little bit here, right, melissa by an improving economy. >> it's true if we don't do something to thwart it and knock it off the rails as it's trying to get better. if we don't ruin our own future. bill: it's much more morey more resilient. martha: pope francis break w-g tradition after celebrating mass. look at him om was out there shaking...